CHAPTER TWENTY SIX

1991 Words

LORENZO’s POV I leaned back in the leather chair, the office quiet except for the faint hum of the city beyond the windows. The document in my hand was a quarterly report, numbers that usually steadied me, but today they blurred into meaningless rows. The door opened without a knock. Sebastian strolled in, that lazy grin already in place, the one that always made me want to wipe it off his face. “Back so soon?” he said, dropping a folder on my desk with a deliberate thud. “What, the missus didn’t like the surprise you gave her?” My eyes flicked up from the page, irritation flaring hot. “What do you want?” He tapped the folder. “Sign this. It’s the new shipment. Takamura wants first dibs.” I scanned the top sheet. They were just standard terms and overinflated margins. I shoved it bac

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